Fingernail Clipper Safety System

ABSTRACT

A fingernail clipper safety system for trimming an infant&#39;s fingernails includes a pair of fingernail clippers. The pair of fingernail clippers may be manipulated thereby facilitating the fingernail clippers to trim an infant&#39;s fingernails. A guard is coupled to the fingernail clippers. The guard is positioned on the movable jaws to abut the infant&#39;s fingertip when the fingernail clippers trim the infant&#39;s fingernail. Thus, the fingernail clippers are inhibited from cutting the infant&#39;s fingertip.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE Field of the Disclosure

The disclosure relates to safety devices and more particularly pertainsto a new safety device for inhibiting fingernail clippers from cuttingan infant's fingertip.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a pair of fingernail clippers. The pair offingernail clippers may be manipulated thereby facilitating thefingernail clippers to trim an infant's fingernails. A guard is coupledto the fingernail clippers. The guard is positioned on the movable jawsto abut the infant's fingertip when the fingernail clippers trim theinfant's fingernail. Thus, the fingernail clippers are inhibited fromcutting the infant's fingertip.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fingernail clipper safety systemaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of guard of an embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 3 is a back perspective view of a guard of an embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 4 is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 1 of anembodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through6 thereof, a new safety device embodying the principles and concepts ofan embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by thereference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the fingernail clipper safetysystem 10 generally comprises a pair of fingernail clippers 12. The pairof fingernail clippers 12 may be manipulated thereby facilitating thefingernail clippers 12 to trim an infant's fingernails 14. The pair offingernail clippers 12 has a pair of movable jaws 16. Each of themovable jaws 16 has an outwardly facing surface 18, a cutting edge 20, afirst lateral edge 22 and a second lateral edge 24. The pair of movablejaws 16 includes an upper jaw 26 and a lower jaw 28. The pair offingernail clippers 12 may be fingernail clippers of any conventionaldesign.

A guard 30 is provided and the guard 30 is coupled to the fingernailclippers 12. The guard 30 is positioned on the movable jaws 16 to abutthe infant's fingertip 32 when the fingernail clippers 12 trim theinfant's fingernail 14. Thus, the fingernail clippers 12 are inhibitedfrom cutting the infant's fingertip 32. The guard 30 has a first end 34,a second end 36, a front surface 38 and a back surface 40.

The guard 30 further includes a top strip 42 and a bottom strip 44. Thefirst end 34 corresponding to the top strip 42 is coupled to the firstend 34 corresponding to the bottom strip 44. The second end 36corresponding to the top strip 42 is coupled to the second end 36corresponding to the bottom strip 44. The top strip 42 is spaced fromthe bottom strip 44 to define a channel 46 between the top strip 42 andthe bottom strip 44. The channel 46 extends substantially between thefirst end 34 and the second end 36.

The top strip 42 has a lower edge 48 and the bottom strip 44 has anupper edge 50. The back surface 40 corresponding to the bottom strip 44is coupled to the outwardly facing surface 18 of the lower jaw 28. Thecutting edge 20 of the lower jaw 28 is aligned with the upper edge 50 ofthe bottom strip 44. The cutting edge 20 of the upper jaw 26 is alignedwith the lower edge 48 of the top strip 42.

The outwardly facing surface 18 corresponding to the upper jaw 26slidably engages the back surface 40 corresponding to the top strip 42.Thus, the upper jaw 26 is urgeable toward the lower jaw 28 when thefingernail clippers 12 are manipulated. The guard 30 may be comprised ofa rigid material such as metal or the like. The guard 30 may be weldedto the outwardly facing surface 18 of the lower jaw 28. Alternatively,an adhesive may adhere the guard 30 to the outwardly facing surface 18of the lower jaw 28.

The guard 30 has a first bend 52 and the first bend 52 extendsvertically along each of the top strip 42 and the bottom strip 44. Thefirst bend 52 is positioned closer to the first end 34 than the secondend 36 to define a first wing 54. The first wing 54 extends rearwardlyalong the first lateral edge 22 of the movable jaws 16. The guard 30 hasa second bend 56 and the second bend 56 extends vertically along each ofthe top strip 42 and the bottom strip 44. The second bend 56 ispositioned closer to the second end 36 than the first end 34 to define asecond wing 58. The second wing 58 extends rearwardly along the secondlateral edge 24 of the movable jaws 16.

In use, the fingernail clippers 12 are manipulated to clip the infant'sfingernails 14. The front surface 38 of the guard 30 abuts the infant'sfingertips 32 when the fingernail clippers 12 trim the infant'sfingernails 14. The channel 46 may have the infant's fingernails 14extended therethrough thereby facilitating the movable jaws 16 to cutthe infant's fingernails 14. The fingernail clippers 12 are manipulatedto urge the upper jaw 26 toward the lower jaw 28 thereby clipping theinfant's fingernails 14.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded.

A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A fingernail clipper safety system comprising: a pair of fingernail clippers, said pair of fingernail clippers being configured to be manipulated thereby facilitating said fingernail clippers to trim an infant's fingernails; and a guard being coupled to said fingernail clippers, said guard being positioned on said movable jaws wherein said guard is configured to abut the infant's fingertip when said fingernail clippers trim the infant's fingernail thereby inhibiting said fingernail clippers from cutting the infant's fingertip.
 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said guard has a first end, a second end, a front surface and a back surface, said guard comprising a top strip and a bottom strip, said first end corresponding to said top strip being coupled to said first end corresponding to said bottom strip, said second end corresponding to said top strip being coupled to said second end corresponding to said bottom strip.
 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said top strip is spaced from said bottom strip to define a channel between said top strip and said bottom strip, said channel extending substantially between said first end and said second end.
 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein: said fingernail clippers has a pair of movable jaws, each of said movable jaws having an outwardly facing surface, a cutting edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said pair of movable jaws including an upper jaw and a lower jaw; and said back surface corresponding to said bottom strip being coupled to said outwardly facing surface of said lower jaw having said outwardly facing surface corresponding to said upper jaw slidably engaging said back surface corresponding to said top strip, said front surface being configured to abut the infant's fingertips when said fingernail clippers trim the infant's fingernails, said channel being configured to have the infant's fingernails extended therethrough thereby facilitating said movable jaws to cut the infant's fingernails.
 5. The system according to claim 1, wherein: said guard has a first end, a top strip and a bottom strip; and said guard has a first bend, said first bend extending vertically along each of said top strip and said bottom strip, said first being positioned closer to said first end than said second end to define a first wing.
 6. The system according to claim 5, wherein: said fingernail clippers includes a pair of movable jaws, each of said movable jaws having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge; and said first wing extends rearwardly along said first lateral edge of said movable jaws.
 7. The system according to claim 6, wherein said guard has a second bend, said second bend extending vertically along each of said top strip and said bottom strip, said second bend being positioned closer to said second end than said first end to define a second wing, said second wing extending rearwardly along said second lateral edge of said movable jaws.
 8. A fingernail clipper safety system comprising: a pair of fingernail clippers, said pair of fingernail clippers being configured to be manipulated thereby facilitating said fingernail clippers to trim an infant's fingernails, said fingernail clippers having a pair of movable jaws, each of said movable jaws having an outwardly facing surface, a cutting edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said pair of movable jaws including an upper jaw and a lower jaw; and a guard being coupled to said fingernail clippers, said guard being positioned on said movable jaws wherein said guard is configured to abut the infant's fingertip when said fingernail clippers trim the infant's fingernail thereby inhibiting said fingernail clippers from cutting the infant's fingertip, said guard having a first end, a second end, a front surface and a back surface, said guard comprising a top strip and a bottom strip, said first end corresponding to said top strip being coupled to said first end corresponding to said bottom strip, said second end corresponding to said top strip being coupled to said second end corresponding to said bottom strip, said top strip being spaced from said bottom strip to define a channel between said top strip and said bottom strip, said channel extending substantially between said first end and said second end, said back surface corresponding to said bottom strip being coupled to said outwardly facing surface of said lower jaw having said outwardly facing surface corresponding to said upper jaw slidably engaging said back surface corresponding to said top strip, said front surface being configured to abut the infant's fingertips when said fingernail clippers trim the infant's fingernails, said channel being configured to have the infant's fingernails extended therethrough thereby facilitating said movable jaws to cut the infant's fingernails, said guard having a first bend, said first bend extending vertically along each of said top strip and said bottom strip, said first being positioned closer to said first end than said second end to define a first wing, said first wing extending rearwardly along said first lateral edge of said movable jaws, said guard having a second bend, said second bend extending vertically along each of said top strip and said bottom strip, said second bend being positioned closer to said second end than said first end to define a second wing, said second wing extending rearwardly along said second lateral edge of said movable jaws. 